Billion Dollar Bracket

The Poet · 01-22-2014, 09:47 AM

This makes no sense at all. On March 3rd, the bracket won't even be set, so it would be impossible to predict all 63 games at that time. Every year you have some 8-20 team get hot in their conference tournament and win themselves a bid, thus one would first have to predict this in order to even submit a "perfect" bracket, much less predict the outcome of the games.

For such a smart investor, Buffett's being pretty damn dumb with this one.

AlohaStyle · 01-22-2014, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by The Poet

For such a smart investor, Buffett's being pretty damn dumb with this one.

Really? Look at how many people are talking about this. It's all over the tv news. Talk about publicity...

The Poet · 01-22-2014, 11:35 AM

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Really? Look at how many people are talking about this. It's all over the tv news. Talk about publicity...

Well, he knows he's not gonna lose any money, but he's not selling anything or running for anything, so what good is the publicity to him? Besides, that's not part of his laid-back "billionaire of the people" personality profile.

Yet I do wonder why, Adam, you elected to call me out on that while completely ignoring the main point of my comment.

yourchoice · 01-22-2014, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by The Poet

This makes no sense at all. On March 3rd, the bracket won't even be set, so it would be impossible to predict all 63 games at that time. Every year you have some 8-20 team get hot in their conference tournament and win themselves a bid, thus one would first have to predict this in order to even submit a "perfect" bracket, much less predict the outcome of the games.

For such a smart investor, Buffett's being pretty damn dumb with this one.

I take it to mean that while registration doesn't begin until 3/3, you don't have to fill in your bracket until the brackets are set.

The Poet · 01-22-2014, 11:49 AM

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I take it to mean that while registration doesn't begin until 3/3, you don't have to fill in your bracket until the brackets are set.

Let's hope! The odds are impossible enough even when you KNOW who's playing.

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